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101 Questions For Your CharacterCreated by Michael Blevins

MRB 2010

1. What is your full name?2. What else are you called? (nickname?)

3. What is your sex?4. What is your age?5. What is your height and weight?6. What color is your hair, eyes, skin, etc.?7. What sort of posture do you have?8. What is your overall appearance? (good looking, over or underweight, clean, neat, pleasant,untidy. Shape of head, face, limbs, etc.)9. Any defects? (deformities, abnormalities, birthmarks, diseases)10. What about your ancestors and heredity?11. Where do you live? (city, state, country)12. Where were you born?13. When is your birthday? (day, month, year)

14. What class of society are you? (working, ruling, middle, petite bourgeoisie)15. What is your occupation? (type of work, hours of work, income, condition of work, workethic, union or non-union, attitude toward organization, suitability for your work)16. What is your education? (amount, kind of schools, marks, favorite subjects, poorestsubjects, aptitudes.)17. What about your home life? (parents living, earning power, orphan, parents separated ordivorced, parents' habits, parents' mental development, parents' vices, neglect)18. What is your marital status?19. Do you have any brothers and sisters? How many older and how many younger?20. What do you member about the house you grew up in?21. What is your I.Q.?22. What religion do you practice if any?

23. What is your race or nationality?24. What is your place in your community? (leader among friends, clubs, sports)25. What are your political affiliations?26. What do you do for amusement? (hobbies, books, newspapers, magazines you read, TVprograms you watch if applicable)27. What about the neighborhood you grew up in and what were some of the special occasionsin your family? (holidays, reunions, picnics, vacations, etc.)28. Name some of the special homemade foods you ate as a child.29. Name and describe some of the games you played as a child.30. What is your favorite childhood memory?.31. What is your worst childhood memory?32. What was/is your relationship with your family. Describe in detail.

33. What year of school did you complete?34. What is your sex life like and what are your morals?35. What is your personal ambition and premise?36. What are your chief frustrations and disappointments?37. What subjects in school do you excel in?38. What is your basic temperament? (choleric, easygoing, pessimistic, optimistic)39. What is your general attitude toward life? (resigned, militant, defeatist, etc.)40. Do you have any complexes? (obsessions, inhibitions, superstitions, manias, phobias)

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41. During your schooling years what was your overall grade point average?42. What did/do you like best about school?43. Are you an extrovert, introvert? Describe.44. What special abilities do you possess? (languages, talents)45. What are your best and worst qualities? (imagination, judgment, taste, poise)46. Are you now a member of any clubs, organizations, or religious congregations?47. Did you ever smoke? (when, why and how much?)48. What is your favorite drink, alcoholic and nonalcoholic?49. What section of the newspaper do you read?50. What do you enjoy doing most in your free time?51. Do you read the newspaper?52. What kind of music do you enjoy listening to?53. What have you read recently? (book, magazine) 54. How do you feel about your age?55. What do you do for exercise?56. What is your best feature?57. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?58. What is your favorite meal?59. What are your favorite foods?60. List three of your favorite films if applicable.61. Who are your favorite movie stars? (if applicable)62. In what other forms of entertainment/recreation do you enjoy and/or take part?63. What is your favorite sport? Do you follow it professionally?64. What time do you usually retire?65. What is your favorite time of day? Why?66. What is your favorite season? Why?67. Which do you prefer, city or country living? Why?68. Do you like intimate parties or large gatherings? Why?69. What is your favorite color and why?70. What is your greatest fear?71. What is your favorite sleeping dream?

72. What is/was your worst nightmare?73. Who is your closest friend?74. How would you like to spend your next vacation?75. What type of clothing do you most like to wear?76. What are your favorite TV programs?77. What would you enjoy doing on an evening out?78. What would you like to be when you grow up? or What do you wish you had become?79. What is your favorite animal? Why?80. What are your prejudices?81. Do you consider yourself an indoor or an outdoor person?81. Do you consider yourself an indoor or an outdoor person?82. What do you feel about war?

83. What do you feel about old age?84. Do you have any old people in your life? If so, who?85. Do you have any children in your life? If so, who?86. Do you have medical insurance? If so, how do you feel about the coverage you get? If no,how do you feel about that?87. Who was the last person you wrote a letter to and what did the letter say?88. Are you happy with your lot?89. Have you ever considered suicide?90. What do you feel the future holds?

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91. How do you feel about each of the other people you meet in this play/story?92. Can you play a musical instrument?93. Can you dance? If so, do you dance? If no, why not?94. What did you do on your last birthday?95. If you celebrate your birthday with others who was in attendance?96. In school who was your favorite teacher? Why?97. As a child how were you punished? (beaten, sent to room, time-out chair, mouth washed outwith soap)98. As a child how were you praised or rewarded? (With money, food, gifts)99. Where have you been moments before you make your first entrance in the play?100. When you exit the play for the final time if you could have your way how would things turnout?101. Why don't you just throw up your hands and walk out of the play's situation?

TIME & PERIOD

1. What were the popular books of the period? Make a list of the books your character mighthave read and read them.2. What was the popular music of the period? List the music your character might have listenedto and listen to the music.3. Make a list of the films that are placed in the same time and place as the play you areworking on.4. List paintings and/or photographs that depict the same time and place as the play you areworking on.5. Look at history of fashion books and make a specific list of the clothes and accessories yourcharacter would have used.6. List the major events that were happening in the world during the time when your play takesplace.7. How would you have passed the time of day? List the pastimes and popular forms ofentertainment during the period in which your play takes place.

8. When possible speak to someone who lived during the time period of the play your areworking on.9. Who was in political power during the time of your play?10. When possible, read a newspaper or magazine from the period our play takes place. Makea list of interesting observations that might help you better understand your character.